Since the U.S. military created the Internet, it is only fair that the U.S. government controls it. Control in the sense that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) rules what domain names are eligible. If a nation wants a domain name such as, say, Tunisia’s .tn ending then is must submit a request to the ICANN.
If your North Korea then you’ll be out of luck if you want your own national suffix, so to speak.
Until recently, the ICANN dictated that only Latin letters may be used for domain names. This was naturally for Westerns, but for Arabs (and other who write in non-Latin letters) is was some what an obstacle to Internet use. Arabic language websites always appeared odd with Latin domain names, and some Arabs may not be able to transliterate Arabic words into Latin.
But those days are gone as the ICANN recently ruled that non-Latin letters will now be allowed. This will open up domain names to being written in numerous language previously inaccessible.
Not accustomed to being pioneers in modern technology, the Arabs have none the less been the first to seize the new ability.
The world’s first non-Latin domain is in Arabic and it reads: .مصر
Or “Egypt” since it was Egypt’s government which created the domain.
Tarek Kamel, the country’s information technology minister, said at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday that the domain name was available from midnight.
The move “will offer new avenues for innovation, investment and growth, and hence we can truly and gladly say ... the internet now speaks Arabic,” Kamel said.
Arabic is one of the few languages that is an art, and Arabic domain writing is long overdue and will look nice. It is naturally that websites in one language so also be accessed in the same written word.
A this new development may increase internet access in the Arab world which is really low in international comparison.
Another section of the 'Tower of Babel' is moved into place. Before long, nobody will be able to communicate with anybody that isn't from the country they are connecting to, to say nothing of reading the website.
If Chinese wanted contributing a world with their innovation (Internet supposedly), they definitely use something allowing a speed access to their innovation a general Latin script is, while searching the Net with different languages works universally.
Introducing addresses in native scripts just separates people and makes some nations’
Websites less accessible, less valuable factually for global readers.